C. M. Lessells

Netherlands Institute of Ecology — Netherlands

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Animal Behavior and Reproduction(41), Plant and animal studies(30), Avian ecology and behavior(28), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior(7), Fish Ecology and Management Studies(6)

Publications72 total

Yolk steroids in great tit Parus major eggs: variation and covariation between hormones and with environmental and parental factors
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology·2016· 24 citedOpen Access
Negotiating over parental care: how do parents react to each other?
2014
Opposite differential allocation by males and females of the same species
Biology Letters·2012· 38 citedOpen Access
Parental care and UV coloration in blue tits: opposite correlations in males and females between provisioning rate and mate’s coloration
Journal of Avian Biology·2012· 33 cited
Sexual conflict
Oxford University Press eBooks·2012· 92 cited
Sexual conflict over parental investment in repeated bouts: negotiation reduces overall care
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2011· 135 citedOpen Access
Negative impact of traffic noise on avian reproductive success
Journal of Applied Ecology·2010· 510 citedOpen Access
Individual benefits of nestling begging: experimental evidence for an immediate effect, but no evidence for a delayed effect
Biology Letters·2010· 5 citedOpen Access
Yolk hormones and sexual conflict over parental investment in the pied flycatcher
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology·2010· 20 citedOpen Access
The evolutionary origin and maintenance of sperm: selection for a small, motile gamete mating type
Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)·2009· 27 cited
The evolutionary origin and maintenance of sperm
Elsevier eBooks·2009· 71 cited
Neuroendocrine control of life histories: what do we need to know to understand the evolution of phenotypic plasticity?
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2007· 97 citedOpen Access
Manipulative Signals in Family Conflict? On the Function of Maternal Yolk Hormones in Birds
The American Naturalist·2007· 162 citedOpen Access
Consistent feeding positions of great tit parents
Animal Behaviour·2006· 26 cited
Sexual conflict and life histories
Animal Behaviour·2006· 140 cited
Climate change and population declines in a long-distance migratory bird
Nature·2006· 1.4k citedOpen Access
Primary sex ratio adjustment to experimentally reduced male UV attractiveness in blue tits
Behavioral Ecology·2006· 72 citedOpen Access
The evolutionary outcome of sexual conflict
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2006· 186 citedOpen Access
Debating sexual selection and matings strategies: In their review "Reproductive social behavior"....
Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)·2006· 7 cited
Why Are Males Bad for Females? Models for the Evolution of Damaging Male Mating Behavior
The American Naturalist·2005· 66 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

A. Christa Mateman(11), Marcel E. Visser(3), Tobias Limbourg(3), J. R. Krebs(3), M. I. Avery(3), Christiaan Both(2), Peter Korsten(2), Kevin P. Johnson(2), Selvino R. de Kort(2), Karen Dinwoodey(2), Carel ten Cate(2), Dale H. Clayton(2), T. R. Birkhead(2), Jan Komdeur(2), Niels J. Dingemanse(2), Peter T. Boag(1), Sandra Bouwhuis(1), Arie J. van Noordwijk(1), Joost M. Tinbergen(1), Wouter Halfwerk(1)